"Bonds swings and makes contact. Could it be? Yes! Homerun number 71 for Barry Bonds. We have witnessed history." These were the words that flowed when San Francisco Giants' player Barry Bonds broke Mark McGwire's single season homerun record. A few years later, allegations that Bonds was using several different performance enhancing drugs to help improve his game entered the media.
Often a goal many people strive for is to have the perfect body. One of the methods individuals often use to work towards that goal is strength training. Weights or other forms of resistance are used to contract the muscle which creates small micro tears in the muscle fibers, which explains soreness after physical activity.